Let’s have some fun with this post! These are some of my favorite quotes – all from women entrepreneurs – that are great motivation for any small business.
- “Think like a Queen. A Queen is not afraid to fail. Failing is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.” – Tory Burch
- “If you have an idea, you have to believe in yourself or no one else will.” – Sarah Michelle Gellar
- “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn
- “[My mother] told me that fear was not an option. I was always told that women are stronger, so I believed it.” – Diane Von Furstenberg, Designer
- There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success…but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going…you’ll know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there.” – Taylor Swift
- “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “Stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.” – Michelle Obama
- “Done is better than perfect.” – Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
- I did not have the most experience in the industry or the most money, but I cared the most.” – Sara Blakely, Founder, Spanx
- “Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” – Beyonce
- “I think the truth of the matter is, people who end up as ‘first’ don’t actually set out to be first. They set out to do something they love and it just so happens that they are the first to do it.” – Condoleezza Rice
- “A girl should be 2 things: classy and fabulous. – Coco Channel
- “The mere fact of being able to call your job your passion is success in my eyes.” – Alecia Vikander
- “It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith.” – Emma Watson
- When I’m tired, I rest. I say, ‘I can’t be a superwoman today.'” – Jada Pinket Smith
- “Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.” – Harper Lee
- “I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it.” – Hoda Kotb
- “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” – Lucille Ball
- “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane von Furstenberg
- “I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” – Estee Lauder
- “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong
- “You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” – Leymah Gbowee
- “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton
